Shoe-box.



Patented Dec. 16, I902. .1. c. LECLEBC.

SHOE BOX.

\kp'plication fllad July 21, 1909.) (No Modal.)

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, R3 I 4 agos'ePbClcoPbafikplefq n EL By Attorneys Witnesses NITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

JOSEPH OLEOPHAS LEOLERO, OF QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH WILBROD DELISLE, OF QUEBEC, CANADA.

SHOE-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 715,820, dated December 16, 1902.

Application filed July 21,1902. Serial No. 116,350. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH CLEOPHAS LE- CLERC, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in the city and district of Quebec, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Boxes; and I do'hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.-

My invention relates to a novel and useful form of box of rectangular or parallelepipedal pattern and adapted to be used for any purposes for which said boxes are ordinarily used; but the particular purpose for which it is ordinarily used is for containing footwear.

The special feature of my improved form of box consists of its construction out of a single blank of sheet material and of a peculiar mode of folding the same, and in this way a convenient box is quickly formed without any joints or sutures, whereby the ease of manufacture, as Well as the strength of the box, is considerably increased, and the box is produced more cheaply than ordinary boxes.

My improvement is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box, showing the left-hand end partially open, as in the process of folding, and. the right-hand end completely folded and secured by rivets; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank out of which my improved box is constructed.

The same letters of reference denote like parts in both the figures of the drawings.

The box when utilized for shoes and footwear generally will ordinarially be made of pasteboard, although a metal box may be formed in the same manner which would be convenient for other purposes, such as a lunch-box or to hold food material of various sorts. I

The first step in preparing the box is to produce a blank A, of rectangular form, having square notches I) cut in each corner thereof. The box is then folded on the lines indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, as follows: Greases will first be formed upon the parallel transverse lines o, the ends being folded inwardly upon the body of the blank. Subsequently thelatter are opened out andlongitudinal creases are made upon the lines at d, the square inclosed by the lines 0 c and dd being of the size to form the bottom of the box 6, while the portions ff g 9 form, respectively, the sides and ends of the box-body. After forming the two creases c c and d d the blank will be again opened out and diagonal creases will now be made, joining the intersections of the first two sets of creases with the corners of the notches 1), these diagonal creases being shown at 72, and it being understood that these creases will be convex to the upper side of the blank, as shown in the drawings. It will then be found that on raising the four sides uniformly the corner portions or small squares '1; will be bent diagonally at the creases hand assume the position shown upon the left in Fig. 1. The object of the notches b is to assist the formation of the corner-creases and also to remove superfluous material and cause the edges 7c of these notches to meet at the center, as shown on the right of Fig. 1. The end portions g are then secured in their upright positions by suitable rivets Z, passing through three thicknesses of materialthat is to say, through the ends 9 and likewise through the folded corner squares 2'. These corner-squares act as reinforcing-sections to strengthen the ends, and, moreover, it will be seen that there is no aperture or joint in the box-body, so that if made of waterproof material it would hold water without leaking.

The box-body is very quickly and readily made and riveted together, and, if desired, the blanks can be bought in quantity and folded and secured into box form while cus- 9o tomers are Waiting.

The cover of my improved box is not shown in the drawings; but this may be of the ordinary type, or, preferably,it is the same thing and formed from the same blank as the boxbody, and the flexible nature of the material will enable it to be telescoped thereover to form a cover to said body.

I claim- A box formed of a rectangular blank or sheet, said blank having a pair of transverse creases, and a pair of longitudinal creases,

and having square notches cut in the corners thelayers of said ends together, substantially thereof with diagonal creases extending from as described. lo the corners of said notches to the adjacent in- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my tersection of the aforesaid creases, wherefore hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

the corners of said blank may be folded within JOSEPH GLEOPI-IAS LECLERC.

the ends of the box made therefrom, and hori- Witnesses:

zontally-disposed fastening-clips in the ends JOSEPH GAGNON,

of said box near the corners thereof, securing HONORE OARON. 

